The programme
In recent years a range of new regulation has emerged to govern online services which specialise in user-to-user content. This includes the EU Digital Services Act, the UK Online Safety Act, the Australian Online Safety Act, and emerging regimes in New Zealand, Canada and more. Publicly there has been a focus on the impact of these laws on ‘Big Tech’, yet the scope of these regimes includes thousands of online services, big and small.Ìý
This course will equip decision-makers to understand and analyse emerging and largely untested platform regulation. It will bring together theories of platforms, social science and technical analysis of online content, design and management techniques. Those taking the courseÌýwill come away understanding the open questions in the regimes of multiple jurisdictions, the different directions in which they might be headed, and the practical ways in which they might be approached. They will understand the politics of online content regulation, and what lessons from its historical context can teach us about its future. They will be at the cutting-edge of knowledge in this space, and learning about changes in recent months as the policy in this space changes and adapts.Ìý
This course is offered both online via Zoom or In-person.
Who is this course for?
This course is suitable for information and technology law, policy and compliance practitioners, policymakers, analysts and researchers across all relevant sectors and jurisdictions, including those with no prior legal training.Ìý
Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, you will:
- Understand how the functioning of the Internet relates to its legal and technical governability.Ìý
- Understand the dynamics of business models on the Internet, how they have been affected by the legal regimes of the past 25 years, and understand the trajectories in different jurisdictions going forwards.Ìý
- Have acquired skills to analyse and critique contemporary Internet policy documents from regulators and companies.Ìý
- Appreciate the difficulties of content regulation and be able to anticipate the tensions present in emerging legal regimes.Ìý
- Have gained a realistic view of the impact of emerging technologies, such as new forms of artificial intelligence, and how they will interplay with existing regimes.Ìý
Content
- Key topics
Day One
- Foundations of Regulating Online Content
Day Two
- Intermediaries and Emerging Platform DutiesÌý
Day Three
- Recommenders, Algorithmic Systems and AI
Day Four
- Visions of and Tensions in Future Internet RegulationÌý
- Course structure and assessments
Delegates will receive four hours of lectures/ seminars each day. There will therefore be a total of 16 hours of classroom teaching over the four days. There will be no assessment but delegates will receive a certificate of completion provided that they attend at least 12 hours (75%) of classes. Ìý
Teaching staff
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Fees
The fees for this course are £3250. We offer discounts* for the following:
- 20% discount for Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ students, staff and alumni
- 15% discount for delegates from non-commercial sectorsÌý
- 15% discount to commercial organisations that send three or more delegates
- 15% discount for those currently not in work
*discounts can only be applied once if any of the above apply.